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Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire

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Lord Lieutenants of Shropshire

  • see Lord Lieutenant of Wales for pre-English Civil War lieutenants
  • Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (appointed by Parliament) 1642 - 14 September 1646
  • Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford 26 July 1660 – 11 August 1687
  • George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys 11 August 1687 – 18 April 1689
  • Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford 11 June 1689 – 29 November 1704
  • Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford 29 November 1704 – 10 May 1712
  • Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury 10 May 1712 – 12 November 1714
  • Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford 12 November 1714 – 14 June 1723
  • Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford 20 May 1724 – 23 December 1734
  • Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis 22 May 1735 – 13 March 1761
  • William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath 13 March 1761 – 7 July 1764
  • Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis 16 August 1764 – 10 September 1772
  • Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive 4 November 1772 – 22 November 1774
  • Edward Clive, 2nd Baron Clive 12 April 1775 – 30 March 1798
  • George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis 30 March 1798 – 16 January 1801
  • vacant
  • Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis 18 May 1804 – 16 May 1839
  • George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland 13 July 1839 – 14 November 1845
  • Rowland Hill, 2nd Viscount Hill 14 November 1845 – 3 January 1875
  • Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford 30 January 1875 – 25 July 1896
  • George Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis 25 July 1896 – 3 August 1951
  • Robert Bridgeman, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman 3 August 1951 – 20 March 1970
  • Lt.-Col. Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale 20 March 1970 – 3 March 1975
  • Sir John Dugdale 3 March 1975 – 1994
  • Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne 19 June 1994 – 14 December 1995
  • Sir Algernon Heber-Percy 11 March 1996 – 2 January 2019
  • Anna Turner 3 January 2019 – Present

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